STUDIO GEAR
Black Heron Recording was built on a simple belief: great music deserves exceptional tools. Every piece of gear has been carefully chosen to support your sound so you can focus on what matters most: the music.
MONITORING/DAW/CONVERSION
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Pro Tools 2025.12
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Hafler TRM 8 Studio Monitors
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Mac Studio (2026) M3 Ultra 28-core CPU, 60-core GPU, 32-core Neural Engine, 96 gb memory, 2TB HD
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Lynx Aurora (n) 32 I/O
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Flock Digital Patch Bay/ 32 point
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Behringer PowerPlay 16 with P16-HQ 16 channel personal monitors
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Mogami Gold Cable throughout
INSTRUMENTS
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Yamaha G2 baby grand piano
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Fender Stratocaster electric guitar ("Texas" strat)
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Martin acoustic guitar
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Fender Jazz Bass
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Nord Stage 4 keyboard
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Pearl Masters Series (Maple) w/ Pearl P930 pedal, including 18X22 Kick Drum, 10” rack tom, 12” rack tom, 16” floor tom, MCX Masters 14X5.5 Snare, 14X6.5 Dark Horse Brass Snare
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Zildjian K Dark Series Cymbals, including Sweet Ride (21”), Custom Dark Crash (2, 19” & 17”), Sweet High Hat (15”)
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Yamaha keytar
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Various percussion
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Virtual Instruments include Komplete 15, Arturia Vintage Collection, BFD Drums, East/West Strings, EZ Drummer with all expansions, Ivory Pianos. Omnisphere, Quantum Leap (Stormdrum, RA, Goliath, Pianos), Trillian Bass Module and many, many more
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Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb
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Marshall JCM 800 (100 Watt) 2203X
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Marshall 1936v 140 watt 2X12 Cabinet w/ G12’s
MICROPHONES
• Peluso (U47) 22 47SE
• Lauten Audio Atlantis FC-387
• Neumann TLM 103
• Shure KSM353/ED Ribbon Microphone
• Shure SM81 (pair)
• Shure SM57 (6)
• Shure SM58 (2)
• Shure SM7B
• Lauten Audio LA-12- Dual-Capsule SDC FET Stereo Pair
• Lauten Audio Kick Mic FET Condensor Microphone
• Senheiser e604 Cardiod Dynamic Micrphones (3)
• SE Electronics VR2 Voodoo Active Ribbon Microphone
• Condensor & Ribbon & Dynamic (drums)
OUTBOARD GEAR
DYNAMICS
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Neve 1073 DPX Dual Mic Pre/ EQ
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API 3124 MV (matched pair)
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Brent Averil 1073MP Stereo Mic Pre
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Vintech Audio 573/ 500 series preamp
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Empirical Labs El8-X (w/ British Mode) Distressor (matched pair
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Shadow Hills Industries Dual Vandergraph 500 series Stereo Compressor
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Avedia Audio E27 Modular EQ (stereo pair)
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Universal Audio UAD-2 Satellite, including Essentials Edition Plug-In Bundle / Addtl Effects available on request
